PSYC 350 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Premarital Sex, Extramarital Sex, Incubus
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Close link between religious & historical perspectives. Media now play most major influence in attitude and behavior. Examining documents, art, artefacts (ancient or modern) Prehistoric time workship of women"s ability to bear children. Ancient hebrews positively, procreation and pleasure, polygamy. Ancient greece homosexuality, bisexuality, pederasty, prostitution (courtesans and concubines) My other half, we r always search for soul mate. Muslims: sex within marriage, no premarital sex, polygamy. Man can many wifes, but women only one husband, but now one one. Sex as virtuous and natural, celebrated within marriage. Early christians (400ad): sex for procreation only; non-procreative sex as sin; virginity (st. augustine"s confessions) Middle ages (500-1500 ad): wet dreams, sexual dysfunction, lust blamed on witchcraft. E. gwet dream (nocturnal emissions) resulted from intercourse with tiny spiritual creatures called incubi and succubi. Wet dreams, sexual dysfunction, and sexual lust were seen to be caused by witchcraft. Protestant reformation (1517-1648): some sex not only for procreation, but to enhance the marital relationship (extramarital.
